According to Laszlo Bock, Google's SVP of people operations, Google looks for people who are able to accept it when someone else has a better idea.

Bock told Friedman that the most successful Googlers are "zealots about their point of view. But then you say, 'here's a new fact,' and they'll go, 'Oh, well, that changes things; you're right.' You need a big ego and small ego in the same person at the same time."

So how, exactly, do you strike that balance between confidence and humility during a job interview?

Writing in The Harvard Business Review, John Baldoni says it's important to talk about coworkers' contributions to solving problems, instead of just your own.

And over at Forbes, Margie Warrell suggests that instead of promoting yourself, you promote your value, meaning that you show how you can contribute to the success of others and the organization overall.